Dominique le Roux

Probably the most important book I have ever read

Revisado: 07-06-24

For us to make change happen, we need to rid ourselves of cynicism. This research- and data-driven account does just that. With massive dollops of pragmatism and honesty.
Here’s to the New Realism.

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Strong on content, pace and delivery

Revisado: 06-18-12

While this author has strong academic credentials, and clearly ensures that academic criteria are met, he does not get bogged down in academia. Statements are credited and referenced, giving me as the reader the sense that he speaks with authority. Even when he's saying things that are contrary to popular belief, you don't get the sense that he's saying them for sensationalist reasons or that they are unsubstantiated in any way.

This balance between credence and storytelling is a tenuous one, and he seems to get it right. If he errs, it's slightly on the academic, but I'd prefer that.

The narrator seems to be well chosen. Easy on the ear, without being attention-grabbing. He doesn't seem to get in the way of the text. Just simply conveying it clearly.

While this works really well as an audio book, I realise in hindsight that my preference would have been an ebook so that I could highlight and bookmark certain sections to compensate for my short memory. He gives very good definitions and clarifications, for example, on the concepts of karma and dharma, and then goes on to cite a whole range of examples, but later on, after a gap of a few days in listening, I had forgotten the details of the distinction between the two, and thus the significance of the examples was lost on me.

All in all, a great book that I have recommended to many people.

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